Not much to say and not much time to say it. Don’t believe this low mileage, two owner, 10 year old Range Rover Sport will be on the market long.
Only a 300hp V-8 but can’t imagine a better SUV for this price – provided you splurge on MaxCare. A money loser for CarMax but a helluva beater. Find it here in Parker, Colorado. 
Best Low Mileage Chinese, Turkish, Hungarian, Australian, Italian, Swedish, British, Mexican, Korean (South), German, Canadian, and Japanese CarMax Unicorns
Okay MOST of these are actually pretty decent cars, but once the idea of seeing how many import unicorns make their way onto CarMax lots it kind of got away from me. That said, I was surprised where some of these cars are made….like the Fiats in Mexico and the Jeeps in Italy. There are a few more surprises. No kidding. No lengthy comments or reviews – just cars and links. Let’s get started.
One of 240 – 2019 Lexus RC F 10th Anniversary Edition – $20,000 Off!
The Matte Nebula Gray painted exterior caught my attention first, then the cool blue interior, and reading the reviews in Motor Trend and Our Auto Expert was surprised to learn this paint scheme on the 2019 Lexus RC F 10th Anniversary Edition is the first on a production car since… the Lexus LFA in 2012. I kind of dig it. Also learned the 10th Anniverary Edition cost a whopping $16,000 more than a vanilla RC F coupe.
What do you get for that? Not entirely sure. Same powertrain – 467 hp V-8 with an eight speed Sport Direct Shift transmission, but the reviews suggest the Performance Package (carbon fiber front spoiler, roof, splitters, rear diffuser, and speed activated rear wing, torque vectoring differential, carbon fiber interior trim, and more!), and blue Brembo brake calipers, wider and lower adjustable suspension, and triple beam LED headlights.
All of the reviews I saw flip flopped between the RC F 10th Anniversary Edition and the base RC F coupe, and so I can’t say with any certainly what that $16,000 gets you – except for damned sure some exclusivity, with only 240 of these Matte Nebula Gray models on the streets. Find this one-owner car originally owned in Washington here in Austin, Texas. No need for MaxCare – still under manufacturer warranty for four years and 50,000 miles! The car sold new for about $90,000 just one year ago. 
If you don’t care for the high price or exclusivity and upgrades of the anniversary edition you can have the regular old 2015 RC F below with 19,000 miles for only $44,998 – another $25,000 less than the 10th Anniversary Edition model. Awful tempting. Find this cheaper one here in Los Angeles. 
Quick Hit* – Low Mileage 2009 Mercedes CLS550 (W219) “Shooting Brake” – $21,998
The first generation CLS550 remains one of my favorite body shapes. Produced from 2004 through 2010 but not at all dated to me. And CarMax only carries European cars up to 10 years old, so just one more year to snag one of these unicorns and capitalize on MaxCare. Built on the E-class platform but far more style, and not as gigantic as the S-class. Decent power with the 5.5 liter 382hp V-8 and 7-speed automatic. Adjustable suspension.
Air conditioned seats and (finally) Bluetooth – for calls only, as Mercedes has that funky interface in the glovebox for music. Real cup holders, not the single mechanical robotic piece of crap I had in Guenther, my S55 that had me spilling open coffee cups into the passenger footwell while cruising on the highway, leaving a huge brown stain on the carpet like a murder scene. Not that I’m bitter.
Here’s a decent review from New Car Test back in the day. The 2009 Mercedes CLS550 sold for more than $70,000 new, and only 2,527 units were sold in 2009. Thinking $21,998 isn’t too bad for a 10 year old German car eligible for MaxCare – the great bumper to bumper warranty good for another 100,000 miles of risk free driving. And this car has really low mileage for a 2009. Find this two owner car in Los Angeles here. If the link is dead it’s sold, on hold, or being transferred.
*Quick Hit means I have to post something short and sweet because A) the car may be gone soon B) I don’t have the time to write a lengthy piece and C) I don’t think you all want to read long essays all the time.
332 Miles – 2015 Camaro
Planning to do a piece soon on CarMax unicorns with ridiculously low miles and thinking this one may not be around that long. A 2015 Camaro with only 332 miles on the odometer. 
Called the Tupelo dealer to verify. Unfortunately they couldn’t produce the MaxCare numbers. It’s only a 323 HP six cylinder, but it’s got a manual transmission, it’s a sunshiny Yellow, and damned near new for a four year old car. Find it here in Tupelo.
1 of 48 and The Only One For Sale – Final Year 2010 Hummer H3t Alpha – $31,998
Thanks to reader Hans Mertens this rare 2010 Hummer H3t Alpha pickup truck came to my attention – rare because the Alpha has the 5.3 liter 300hp V-8 instead of the 3.7 liter inline 5 cylinder with 240hp, and because only 48 units were sold in 2010 – the final year of production.
The V-8 is certainly faster than the I-5, although mileage suffered significantly, and the added weight dropped the payload of the V-8 pickup over the I-5 by couple of hundred pounds. The truck has full-time 4WD, and the V-8 gets only the four-speed automatic. The Hummer H3t Alpha sold for roughly $38,000 new, so not terribly impressed by the $31,998 price as I prefer deeply depreciated unicorns. But it is the only one for sale in the US at the moment so would give you bragging rights in the Hummer community. 
Bragging’s not really what owners do on the Hummer forums I looked at (except for Jeremy the Canadian who wrote this long term review of his Alpha and vowed to never sell his!) – instead they’re a little bemused that their pickups turned out to be so rare. Reviews are not great for this pickup, from the crushing critique in TheTruthAbout Cars, to Car and Driver claiming “the H3t a niche product from a niche brand, and the era of Hummers as fashion accessories is over.”
The review from PickupTrucks.com got my attention – have to include the summary here: “The thing about this Hummer — actually, any Hummer — is that its character sucks you in. As a Hummer outsider, you can’t help but approach it now with a weirdly preprogrammed sense of reactionary disdain for the wretched excess it represents. But by the end of your first week, you’re wearing military surplus parkas and growing your beard out. It’s completely incomprehensible. It’s as if the truck was infused with testosterone and it influences your persona.” 
If you hate it, it’s a tarted up Chevrolet Colorado that’s not very good as a pickup, adequate as an off-roader, and obsolete. To me, the Hummer H3t Alpha makes no sense, unless it does. This one-owner 2010 Hummer H3t Alpha spent the last nine years in Connecticut and is now for sale here in Nashville, TN.
